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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

950 PM CST MON FEB 26 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR

A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN...WITH

ISOLATED FIVE TO SEVEN INCH AMOUNTS HAS FALLEN TODAY ACROSS EAST

TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA...GENERALLY TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM

NACOGDOCHES TEXAS TO NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA.



A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS

NORTH LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING...GENERALLY

TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM TYLER TO SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS.



SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF

OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR.



A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM NEAR AUSTIN TEXAS TO NEAR

BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA. A STRONG SOUTH WIND WILL LIFT GULF

MOISTURE OVER THE BOUNDARY TONIGHT...AND AS ANOTHER UPPER

LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA FROM SOUTH TEXAS

LATE TONIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO VERY HEAVY

RAINFALL AND READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY

AND LIFE IF FLOODING OCCURS OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

REMEMBER THAT MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS RESULT WHEN PERSONS IN

AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS AT LOW

WATER CROSSINGS OR BRIDGES.

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